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I need some positive reasons why not to plan for a SHTF scenario.

Posted on 11/16/2008 3:15:11 PM PST by rfmad

I am seriously thinking of taking to steps to go to a survivalist approach planning to survuve total chaos and financial and institutional break down. Some one please help me see why this is not going to happen. Thanks


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To: Miss Behave

That’s just the Red Green in me talking.......:o)

Duct Tape Inc !


241 posted on 11/16/2008 6:29:18 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: rfmad

I guess I’m not alone, I started buying several 2+ year expiration date foods and storing them in my pantries. I also got a good amount of ammo with a variety of guns.


242 posted on 11/16/2008 6:30:52 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: DelaWhere
Greenhouse will provide salads all winter and plants for next years garden

We built ours out of sliding glass doors the local subsidized housing units were replacing. We offered to take them away (for free) and save the complex the disposal costs. It was a win-win barter. We did have to buy a little wood, but it was worth it.

243 posted on 11/16/2008 6:31:11 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: rfmad
Is this a vanity.Please just call a financial consultant.
244 posted on 11/16/2008 6:31:58 PM PST by fatima
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To: Momaw Nadon
Do you have any recommendations as to which state is best to relocate to?

Go to survivalblog.com. He has an area on that blog that lists the best states and why. His #1 pick is Idaho. The guy who runs the site is John Wesley Rawles, survival expert. Wrote the books "Patriots, surviving the coming collapse". Course he wrote it at least 10 years ago, maybe much more. The book is written as a fiction but has incredible amounts of practical information woven into it.

245 posted on 11/16/2008 6:32:10 PM PST by ozarkgirl (Sarah Palin: pro-life, pro-guns, pro-family, anti-government corruption!)
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To: concerned about politics
So many FReepers are SO resourceful. I feel a lot of pride. Imagine Limo Libs (and otherwise Libs,) and THEIR coping abilities and capabilities (or SEVERE dearth thereof.)

They just "play" wise and rugged individuals on TV. :-)

246 posted on 11/16/2008 6:32:37 PM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: stentorian conservative

That’s great! What are woobies? LOL! Those candles are on my list of things to get.


247 posted on 11/16/2008 6:33:10 PM PST by Abigail Adams
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To: cpdiii

Agreed, I recently shot a 23 at trap using 2 9/16 load from the 30’s in a 1914 Browning A-5.


248 posted on 11/16/2008 6:34:06 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Momaw Nadon

OK, I just posted to you telling you about the book and I scroll down and see you were recommending it to someone else. That’s the guy who runs survivalblog.com and again, he recommends Idaho.


249 posted on 11/16/2008 6:35:26 PM PST by ozarkgirl (Sarah Palin: pro-life, pro-guns, pro-family, anti-government corruption!)
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To: Squantos

“Red Green?” “Duct Tape, Inc.?” Hmmmm. What you talkin’ bout, Willis? :-O


250 posted on 11/16/2008 6:35:26 PM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: Miss Behave

As a happily married man, I’d like to give you a wink and hug for that one.


251 posted on 11/16/2008 6:36:28 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: fatima

Hey, there’s TONS of great information on this thread. It wouldn’t hurt to read some of it, fatima.


252 posted on 11/16/2008 6:37:28 PM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: OneTimeComment
There are no "good" investments right now.

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

And depending on whether Obama is successful in going full-blown Ayers/Wright/Davis/Said on us, things might not get better.

253 posted on 11/16/2008 6:38:33 PM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: Miss Behave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJrjDI5xSQ

My creative mentor !......LOL !


254 posted on 11/16/2008 6:38:50 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Your fallout makes Portland look pretty safe, but I have it on good authority that Putin wants to hit those Portland hippies first. -_-


255 posted on 11/16/2008 6:41:14 PM PST by TaxRelief (Walmart: Keeping my family on-budget since 1993.)
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To: rfmad

I’ve lived a good portion of my life in Wisconsin and we have bad-@ss tornadoes in the summer and terrible blizzards in the winter months. (I blame Al Gore.)

You’re basically a dumb-@ss if you’re not prepared for either, so what do you have to lose?

If your friends and family think you’re acting nutty, just tell them you’re concerned for their safety and lay in a basic ‘Natural Disaster’ larder.

Look at some of the sites in this thread, or look at the American Red Cross site for lists of stuff you should have on hand at any given time.

It’s not Rocket Science...and really has NOTHING to do with who’s living in The White House at any given moment.


256 posted on 11/16/2008 6:41:58 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ('Taking the moderate path of appeasement leads to abysmal defeat.' - Rush on 11/05/08)
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To: Miss Behave
Well my financial adviser appears before Congress so I think Not but he did tell me to call him in a week.:)
257 posted on 11/16/2008 6:43:52 PM PST by fatima
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To: steadfastconservative
I realize that his election is a bad thing but it isn’t so bad that we should all start running to hills.

Are you sure of that? How sure are you? Are you sure enough to bet your life on it?

Human nature is to fear the unknown- Obama has been very careful to make sure we know very little about him.

I am not running to any hills but I was always told it is good planning to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

258 posted on 11/16/2008 6:44:46 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
It’s not Rocket Science...and really has NOTHING to do with who’s living in The White House at any given moment.

An attack on Arizona's nuke plants ( from terrorists coming from across the southern border) would take out half the country's electrical grid.

259 posted on 11/16/2008 6:45:15 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: joseph20

We must all stick together. Remember, there’s no “I” in “survuve”.


260 posted on 11/16/2008 6:45:44 PM PST by Humble Servant
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